Essays about Men, Women, and BooksCharles Scribner's, 1894 - 234 páginas |
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Página 69 - PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o:er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade.
Página 116 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Página 107 - Under this stone, reader, survey Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay : Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many heavy loads on thee ' — is the composition of another doctor of divinity — Dr.
Página 57 - We had amongst us a very worthy and efficient member, long since lost to his friends and the world at large, Adam Drummond, of amiable memory, who was gifted by nature with the most sonorous, and at the same time the most contagious laugh, that ever echoed from the human lungs.
Página 22 - Eloquence has charms to lead mankind, and gives a nobler superiority than power, that every dunce may use, or fraud, that every knave may employ. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year.
Página 155 - Milton (unless the first editions), it were mere foppery to trick out in gay apparel. The possession of them confers no distinction. The exterior of them (the things themselves being so common), strange to say, raises no sweet emotions, no tickling sense of property in the owner.
Página 119 - But owns, he had a stubborn spirit, That made him trust alone to merit ; Would rise by merit to promotion ; Alas ! a mere chimeric notion. The Doctor, if you will believe him...
Página 46 - When I rise my breakfast is solitary, the black dog waits to share it, from breakfast to dinner he continues barking, except that Dr.
Página 181 - ... whether he had married more than one wife, and, in general, any adventures or repartees recorded of him previous to the epoch of his conversion. She then glanced over the letters and diary, and wherever there was a predominance of Zion, the River of Life, and notes of exclamation, she turned over to the next page ; but any passage in which she saw such promising nouns as
Página 119 - He had not learn'd to turn his coat, Nor for a party give his vote : His crime he quickly understood ; Too zealous for the nation's good : He found the ministers resent it, Yet could not for his heart repent it. The Chaplain vows, he cannot fawn, Though it would raise him to the lawn : He...